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The entire organization is held in high esteem, and Canaan continues to aim high to honor those who have served their country.
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Noah Hanifin is a proud military family member who fits in with Canon's military outreach efforts. Jamie Kellner
A state line sign on Interstate 95 proclaims North Carolina a "National Military Friendly State." This reflects the military's importance to the state's structure, which has the third-highest concentration of active-duty troops of any state in the country (behind California and Texas) and the eighth-highest concentration of active-duty weapons. Veterans who call North Carolina home.
Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Jacksonville, and other military towns across the state are not only an important part of North Carolina's economy and world-renowned, but are also home to many service members. They're also not far from Raleigh, where the Carolina Hurricanes have made military outreach and appreciation part of their organizational identity.
"By 2020, we want to be recognized as the most military-friendly team in the NHL," said Doug Warf, vice president of marketing for the Hurricanes and executive director of the Children's Community Foundation.
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Expanding outreach to the military and veterans really began in 2010 when the Canes' AHL affiliate moved to Charlotte. That's when the team began building bases across the state, developing a strong regional following in the years following the team's stellar run in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
But the relationship between the Canes and the military goes back even further, all the way back to 2006, when the team took a bond trip to Fort Bragg and not only grew closer as a team, but they also appreciated the work there. Soldiers and pilots at Prague and Pope airfields are in daily service.
In September 2011, Canes first partnered with Defending the Blue Line, an organization dedicated to encouraging military children to participate and help them get involved in sports. The partnership was saved two years later when the Cleland Bragg rink was in danger of closing in early 2013.
Joined by Canes, Protecting the Blue Line and Rinn Fear Youth Hockey Association, Canes donated $10,000 to secure the rink's future. Warf says it's money well spent. "Their numbers are up now, and I don't think [the rink] will suffer as much as it did three or four years ago," he said. "With so many kids playing hockey right now, that's the goal. We just want to keep pushing that."
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During the 2013-14 season, the Canes introduced the Military Rush ticket program. Modeled after the long-running College Success program, it offers members of the military and their families the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets on game days and has about 150 seats per game. It's partnered with the long-running Military Appreciation Advance Ticket Discount to offer military families a variety of options for attending Hurricane games.
The following year, the Canes traveled to Cleland for the first-ever NHL practice on a military facility, an event so successful it became an annual tradition. Canes will return to Prague for a fourth visit in February 2017, combining practice with study sessions and youth hockey clinics.
Since 2013, the Canes, who have put the money where the skates are, donated $70,000 in cash to Blue Line Defense, now known as the For the United League Warriors.
But it's not just the KNCF that is reaching out to the military. Hockey players do the same.
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In 2015, Defenders Justin Faulk, John-Michael Lyles and James Wisniewski co-sponsored the Real Defenders program. At select games, military members and their families are invited to watch Canes games from luxury boxes, meet players after games, receive team gifts and be recognized on the scoreboard.
Lyles and Wisniewski left the Hurricanes after last season, but thankfully there is another defenseman who was almost too perfect this season to join Falk as a co-sponsor for the program.
Noah Hanifin comes from a family with a long military background. His father's older brother was a Marine who served in Asia many years ago, and he has two cousins who served their country. Danny, 22, graduated from the Naval Academy in May. Ryan, 23, is training as a military pilot.
"I have a lot of respect for those who serve our country. It's an honorable duty," he said. "It's great to be in a state where they respect the military and take pride in it."
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Hanifin's pride is palpable when it comes to his family members who have served in the military. The Canes knew they got a great defensive player in the 2015 draft, but having a young man in the locker room to join the team in appreciation and respect for the military service effort was a more important move.
His military experience taught Hanifin many lessons that have stayed with him throughout his hockey journey.
"We get a lot of attention, they're professional athletes, we get a lot of attention," Hanifin said. "But they're the ones who are risking their lives to let us do what we do for a living. And they're doing it without a lot of credit."
The cane isn't done yet. Last year, the KNCF made its first donation of $10,000 to the USO after years of in-kind donations and recognition at the PNC Arena. Warf said the team is planning to expand the True Defenders program, giving fans the opportunity to show their appreciation by making care packages, creating thank you notes and videos, and hurricane promotional items like flags and sending T-shirts to members of the military. located abroad.
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And many more thoughts, especially - and appropriately, on Veterans Day - for those who have completed honorable service to their country. Hanifin made no secret of his gratitude as the Canadiens welcomed members of the North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars team and their families to tomorrow's game against the Capitals, the first of an eight-game series for the True Defenders this season. Feelings.
"They are real heroes," he said. "It's very humbling. I'm very lucky to be able to do what I'm doing." Soldiers of the Florida National Guard's Enhanced Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and Explosive Response Unit after Hurricane Ian devastated Sarasota, Florida, in September transport goods. (Sgt. N.W. Huertas/Army)
The Florida National Guard is in place, along with others from Louisiana, New York and Tennessee. Others from Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, South Carolina and Montana are on the way, according to National Guard Chief of Staff Daniel Hokanson.
"The focus will be on search and rescue," Hokanson said. "Our concern is saving people and feeding people.